I Had to Grow Up Too Fast

My mom died of cancer shortly after my 7th birthday. Her dying wish was that my older sister and me not be split up. My dad was not able to bring us up himself. So, we went into the foster home system.
The foster home system is a...

Born in a dysfunctional wealthy family that worked in hard lab our and acted like in poverty. My folks had severe medical issues and two bros have suicidal break downs.. Even myself. One sister left home and married happily to escape...

Once i had a dream, right before my mom left.
She was next to me and she told me that i needed to take care of my brother and Dad.
I told her i wasn't ready and she smiled and she left my side.
The next week, my mom got on that plane...

My parents were separated, my dad left because he was cheating on my mom with a shedevil. And near the end of the relationship with the shedevil he opened up to me, he was probably on a lot of pills and he'd been drinking. He started...

Every kid looks up to someone from when there 4 and 5 until they are 20's or 30's . I looked up to my siblings... Josh, Jessica and Seth.

I had to face the facts when I was 7 years old that they all did drugs. I had to except that even...

My life has never been normal like the other kids, even though I didn't really see it when I was a kid. My dad owned a company, which he 'said' was selling alarm systems. But there were a lot of illegal things going on there. My mom and...

I'm a very mentally unhealthy person, but somehow I keep myself together, most of the time. It's hard. It does not help how my first 20 years of life went. I don't know if I ever actually grew up or if I just learned and adapted enough...

When I was in 5th grade I started puberty. I grew up too fast by having womanly parts and acting more mature than most people. I wished that it could've came later so I could've enjoyed my time and not have to worry until later when all...

From the age of 4-10 my life was pretty carefree. There was no shame. My parents were nudists and our home was clothing optional as well as our back yard. There was also a lot of healthy affection. Not much of it was from my mother, but...

When I was four my mom got really sick, and we didn't know what to do about it. We just went on with life but by age 8 I was cooking, cleaning and taking care of her. My father wasn't/ isn't much help all he does is get drunk and I have...

Growing up as a child i had the so called " perfect childhood." Living in a charming little house, with my parents who had the so called "perfect marriage." Spending hours tossing a football in the front yard...

Some have the fairy tale life and then there are those of us who do what it takes just to survive. I've seen a lot over the years and just keep on going. You learn to do a lot on your own when, for whatever reason, your mother just...

and my brother and I kind of got dragged along on their ride. I know that there was a brief spot of normalcy when I was very young. I also know that it did not last very long at all (maybe until I was six or seven), and my brother is...

At 10 yr old i had to take care of my foster parents, my foster father suffered a massive stroke and my foster mom lost a leg to diabetes, i worked 3 jobs and went to school,and take care of them, i did this for 3 years until they had...

As a baby, I was left on the floor not in my crib. As a child, I got spanked whenever I did anything I enjoyed. I think my captor grabbed my ankles and held me upside down, slamming my feet against the ceiling. As a teen I was forced to...

My parents would leave. Not just for a few a hours. Sometimes a few days. I had somebody who was supposed to watch me, but they left when ever. I woke myself up in the mornings, I walked a mile for a bus stop, went home and took care of...

I feel I had to grow up too fast, my parents died when I was 7 years old and I guess from then I stopped being a normal kid. I used to cope a lot better when I was younger, it seemed easier to cry when I felt sad and I didn't feel...